did pedroia win the batting title?

[NateGrey]

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[Cocos Disciples]

No.

[BoSox21]

I heard on WEEI that Mauer would have had to go like 0 for 7

[jacksonianmarch]

espn.com and navigate from there you lazy s***

[BigPapiEnFuego]

espn.com and navigate from there you lazy s***

 

lol

 

Hopefully he wins MVP though. His chances are better after today

[Dojji]

Without a batting title, and without 20 HR's, Pedroia can't win the MVP I think

[ORS]

I disagree. There's no 40/40, or 50/30 with a 1.000+ OPS season from a non-contender, and it usually takes a season that ends with an exclamation point for a player from a team watching in October. He has no real competition from the teams that made it. Quentin would have probably won it if he didn't take himself out of the running. Longoria or Pena are the Rays' MVPs, and Longoria missed too much time while Pena's OPS was .870 to Pedroia's .869, speaking of which only Vlad (.886) and Teixeira (1.061!) on the Angels bested him there, and while Tex's is exclamatory, he spent 4 months in the NL. Besides, the Angels were a sure bet when he came to them, so it's not like he's the catalyst that turned them around (like Manny in LA).

 

I don't think any pitcher in the AL had a good enough year to win the MVP. Yeah, maybe some voters attempt to give it to KRod for merely breaking the record, and they point to the year Eck won it. However many feel that was an award for previous years' oversight, and the runner up that year, Puckett, didn't make the postseason.

 

I think Dustin, due to circumstance, is the clear front runner. Had Sizemore, or Hamilton, or Kinsler, or Bradley, or even Huff and Markakis had the years they had on a team that was playing in October, I'd think he had no shot, but none of those guys were "!!" good, and all of them have a tee time today.

[Dojji]

Kevin Youkilis is probably a more deserving candidate on his own team, IMHO.

[ORS]

How so? Pedroia leads him in VORP (7 runs) and WARP1 (1.4 wins). He played in more games, which lead to a higher RC. If you consider position, Dustin was hands down more valuable to his team. If you just look at the raw numbers, then, yeah, Youk is more deserving.